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President Obama stayed up late to watch the Cubs win, invite them to the White House

"Want to come to the White House before I leave?"

President Obama stayed up late to watch the Cubs win, invite them to the White House The Associated Press

President Barack Obama couldn’t go to bed, either.

Obama congratulated the Chicago Cubs on their World Series win early Thursday morning with a tweet that reflected his ties to the city and his sports fandom.

Obama is a professed White Sox fan, but he clearly has a soft spot in his heart for the Cubs breaking an 108-year drought.

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